List of visually similar characters, for detecting spoofing and social engineering attacks

I’m trying to detect homograph attacks and other attacks where an attacker uses a spoof domain name that looks visually similar to a trusted domain name (e.g., bankofthevvest.com instead of bankofthewest.com).

Is there a dic… Continue reading List of visually similar characters, for detecting spoofing and social engineering attacks

Opt into strict DNSSEC checking – does DNSSEC provide a way for a zone to request strict signature validation?

Is there a way for a domain good.com to promise that it will sign all of its DNS records, and that any unsigned records for any host *.good.com should be rejected? In other words, is there a way for a zone to provide a signe… Continue reading Opt into strict DNSSEC checking – does DNSSEC provide a way for a zone to request strict signature validation?

Opt into strict DNSSEC checking – does DNSSEC provide a way for a zone to request strict signature validation?

Is there a way for a domain good.com to promise that it will sign all of its DNS records, and that any unsigned records for any host *.good.com should be rejected? In other words, is there a way for a zone to provide a signe… Continue reading Opt into strict DNSSEC checking – does DNSSEC provide a way for a zone to request strict signature validation?